Courtesy Kalamazoo Department of Public SafetyKalamazoo Department of Public Safety Assistant Chief Karianne Thomas talks with a resident of an encampment on the east bank of the Kalamazoo River north of East Michigan Avenue.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo City Commissioner David Anderson will join the MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette staff for a live chat at noon today.

Anderson is chair of the Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission. He also has worked at Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for 20 years.

In fellow city commissioner Don Cooney's words, Anderson has spent his life working on housing problems.